Constituent power and a pathway for implementing July Charter
July National Charter marks a key step toward democratic renewal.
20 October 2025, 02:00 AM
How to overcome the impasse on July Charter
A pervasive sense of mistrust, fuelled more by political calculation than by reality, has paralysed the charter’s progress.
1 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Universal, not targeted, social protection is the path forward
The existing social protection framework is fundamentally broken.
20 September 2025, 03:09 AM
Opinion / From force to service: Rethinking policing in Bangladesh
Reform requires transforming the very meaning of policing in a democratic republic from an authoritarian order.
3 September 2025, 02:00 AM
How NGOs can help build a democratic welfare state
NGOs and MFIs can become market actors delivering public-good functions.
20 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Democratising the economy for all
What the economy needs more than emergency repair is democratisation.
8 August 2025, 05:53 AM
It’s time to modernise our air force
Urban density in Dhaka has surpassed the thresholds for safe air operations. Military and civil aviation now operate in a dangerously overlapping airspace.
29 July 2025, 02:00 AM
From oligarchy to citizen's republic: Reforming Bangladesh's executive branch
The tripartite patronage of business, politics, and bureaucracy forms the bedrock of the oligarchic structure, where business elites fund political campaigns and gain legislative favours.
17 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Can Bangladesh become a regional industrial hub with Japan’s help?
Japan has critical interest in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Bangladesh, given that around 80 percent of its total trade volume passes through the ocean.
9 May 2023, 05:00 AM
Tracing the origins of Bangladesh’s economic woes
Bangladesh’s economy is overwhelmingly dominated by informal sectors. The informalisation stems from deindustrialisation, which has set in prematurely in the country.
29 March 2023, 17:00 PM
SDGs: Where are we in achieving them?
The Covid-19 crisis necessitates a new roadmap for humanity. No other previous crisis caused as much devastation and reversals in gains in development since the 1990s.
10 February 2021, 18:00 PM
An alternative national budget for next fiscal year
The national budget for fiscal 2020-21 is being formulated at a time when the global coronavirus pandemic is leaving a long-lasting stain on the economy.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Digital revolution: Prospects and preparations
The digital revolution is shaping ways and means of people and planet by blurring fence lines amongst physical, digital, and biological worlds.
17 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Fractured institutions and the absence of an inclusive political system
An assessment of implementation of 17 goals and 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is required since SDGs are
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM